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Case Reports
. 2012 Mar;29(1):55-7.

Earlobe sarcoidosis

A D M Vorselaars  1 , R G M Keijsers, J C Grutters
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  • PMID: 23311125
Case Reports

Earlobe sarcoidosis

A D M Vorselaars et al. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis. 2012 Mar.

Abstract

Background: Infliximab, a TNF-alpha blocking agent, is an upcoming therapeutic option for cases of refractory sarcoidosis. In pulmonary sarcoidosis, changes imaged by 18F-FDG-PET during infliximab treatment in sarcoidosis patients correlate with signs of clinical improvement.

Design: Case-report.

Results and conclusions: A patient with severe earlobe sarcoidosis, treated with infliximab, is presented. This case shows that even relatively small extrapulmonary localisations of sarcoidosis can be visualised by 18F-FDG-PET, and that a decrease of FDG-uptake correlates well with clinical improvement on infliximab treatment.

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